WEBVTT OUR CAR. REPORTER: TICKETED THEN TOWED THAT WAS THE CASE FOR THIS SUV, PARKED IN A STREET-SWEEPING ZONE THURSDAY ON SOUTH THIRD STREET. IT'S ALMOST HAPPENED TO CALEB SHEEHA >> I'VE CAUGHT IT WHERE THERE WERE 3 CARS BEHIND ME AND THEY HAD GOTTEN TOWED AND I WAS THE LAST ONE AND CAUGHT IT RIGHT IN TIME REPORTER: HE'S GOTTEN PLENTY OF TICKETS, THOUGH. AND HE'S NOT ALONE IN 2015, 12,938 VEHICLES WERE TICKETED BECAUSE OF PARKING VIOLATIONS RELATED TO STREET SWEEPING. >> WE WISH WE WERE ISSUING ZERO, WE DON'T WANT TO BE GIVING THESE TICKETS. BUT THE CITY SAYS IT HASN'T HAD MUCH OF A CHOICE TICKETING DIDN'T WORK, THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS ORIGINALLY STARTED TICKETING AND TICKETING AND TICKETING CARS AND WERENT HAVING SUCCESS AND RESULTED IN STREETS BEING HALF CLEANED. PARKED CARS PREVENT STREET SWEEPERS FROM REACHING DRAINS THAT BECOME CLOGGED WITH LEAVE AND THEY BLOCK DEBRIS THAT NEEDS TO BE CLEARED FROM THE ROADWAYS AS THOUSANDS PREPARE TO HIT THESE STREETS FOR THE MINI MARATHON. WHILE THE CITY PUTS-UP SIGNS WARNING PEOPLE DAYS AHEAD OF STREET SWEEPINGS, STILL SOME LEAVE THEIR CARS PARKED IN THOSE AREAS. SO THE CITY IS TRYING A NEW APPROACH. STARTING NOW LOUISVILLE RESIDENTS CAN SIGN UP TO RECEI ELECTRONIC ALERTS WHEN STREET SWEEPING IS COMING TO THEIR AREA A TE T SWEEPING, AND AG. I THINK IT IS A REALLY GOOD IDEA I DON'E THIS A LONG TIME AGO. YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR THE ALERTS ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. WE'VE GOT A LINK ON WLKY.COM. ERICA COGHILL, WLKY NEWS. RICK: STREET CLEANING IS SCHEDULED FROM MARCH THROUGH NOVEMBER.